Brian Lara reacts after Jasprit Bumrah breaks his 19-year-old record in Edgbaston Test

India’s stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah etched his title in document books on Day 2 of the continuing rescheduled fifth Take a look at towards England after he smashed Stuart Broad for 35 runs in an over.

Bumrah displayed his tremendous skill with the bat by amassing 35 from Broad’s remaining over to assist the vacationers attain 416 of their first innings. The Ahmedabad-born smashed the English pacer for 2 huge sixes (one got here from a no-ball), 4 boundaries, and a single.

With that, Bumrah additionally surpassed the earlier document held by West Indies legend Brian Lara. The Trinidadian achieved the feat throughout the West Indies’ tour of South Africa. He had smashed left-arm spinner Robin Peterson, for 28 runs within the Johannesburg Take a look at match.

Many batters have since tried to interrupt the document of Lara, with Australia’s George Bailey and South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj equalling the feat towards James Anderson and Joe Root, respectively. After Bumrah’s excellent accomplishment, Lara took to his official Twitter deal with and congratulated the Indian captain for the unimaginable landmark.

“Be part of me in congratulating the younger @Jaspritbumrah93 on breaking the document of Most Runs in a Single Over in Assessments. Effectively completed!,” Lara wrote on Twitter.

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Be part of me in congratulating the younger @Jaspritbumrah93 on breaking the document of Most Runs in a Single Over in Assessments. Effectively completed!🏆#icctestchampionship #testcricket #recordbreaker pic.twitter.com/bVMrpd6p1V

— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) July 2, 2022

After the top of the day’s play, veteran English pacer Anderson got here out defending his bowling companion Broad, stating the Nottingham cricketer was a bit unfortunate.

“Yeah, [it is] simply a kind of issues. On one other day, a kind of prime edges goes straight handy. If that will get taken, no one talks concerning the over. I assumed it was fairly unfortunate. There’s loads of prime edges and a few good pictures, however that’s the plan Ben [Stokes] wished Broady to go together with. Broady caught to it, and on one other day when the luck was with Stuart, an edge in all probability would have gone handy,” Anderson had mentioned.